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How to use webpack-dev-server for cshtml files in ASP.NET core 6 MVC

i use webpack in my asp.net core 6 mvc project.
I use webpack-dev-server to run the browser automatically. My question is, how can I see the changes on index.cshtml instead of index.html. (When I change the extension of the html file from html to cshtml, the browser cannot load the cshtml file)
in webpack.config.js:
const path = require('path');
const webpack = require('webpack');
const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
const TerserPlugin = require("terser-webpack-plugin");
const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require("mini-css-extract-plugin");
const CssMinimizerPlugin = require("css-minimizer-webpack-plugin");
const NodePolyfillPlugin = require("node-polyfill-webpack-plugin");
module.exports = {
entry: {
opencv: './wwwroot/Source/example1.js',
},
mode: 'development',
devtool: 'inline-source-map',//baraye modiriate khataha
devServer: {//jahate webpack-dev-server(hmr bedoobe webpack-hot-middleware )
static: {
directory: path.join(__dirname,'/wwwroot/distt/' ),
publicPath: '/devserverdist4/',
},
compress: true,
port: 9003,
open: true,
},
plugins: [
new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
title: 'index1',
}),
new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
title: 'index2',
filename: 'index2.html',
}),
new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
$: 'jquery',
jQuery: 'jquery',
'window.jQuery': 'jquery',
Popper: ['popper.js', 'default']
}),
new MiniCssExtractPlugin({
//filename: "allstyles_for_bonLarma.css",
filename: '[name].styles.css',
}),
new NodePolyfillPlugin(),//taze ezafe baraye erore fs
new webpack.DefinePlugin({
'process.env.ASSET_PATH': JSON.stringify(ASSET_PATH),
}),
],
output: {
filename: '[name].bundle.js',
path: path.join/*resolve*/(__dirname, '/wwwroot/dist/'),
publicPath: '/outputdist1/',
clean: true,
},
optimization: {
minimize: true,
minimizer: [new TerserPlugin(), new CssMinimizerPlugin(),],
},
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader, "css-loader"],
},
{
test: /\.js?$/,
use: {
loader: 'babel-loader', options: {
presets:
['#babel/preset-react', '#babel/preset-env']
}
}
},
]
},
resolve: { //taze ezafe baraye erore fs
fallback: {
fs: false,
},
}
};
I want to use the webpack-dev-server feature in my mvc project views that have cshtml extension

I dont think you can do that. Razor cshtml file need to have everything include in the view before you build and run your project so that it can build and transform cshtml to html.
HtmlWebpackPlugin only work with html so the only option you can choose is serve the html file in your .net core project.
Update
You don't need to use webpack-dev-server, it's more convenient to use nuget package:
Add Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation NuGet package to the project.
Add the following in Program.cs:
builder.Services.AddControllersWithViews().AddRazorRuntimeCompilation();

Require is not defined on reflect-metadata - __webpack_require__ issue

I'm trying to launch my angular app on visual studio but when it starts, it stucks on "Loading..." section.
If i read Chrome's error console i get the following error:
Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined at Object. < anonymous > __ webpack_require __
The reflect-metadata contains the following: module.exports = require("reflect-metadata"); , which "require" causes the error.
Here's some of my code...
webpack.config.js
const path = require('path');
const webpack = require('webpack');
const merge = require('webpack-merge');
const AotPlugin = require('#ngtools/webpack').AotPlugin;
const CheckerPlugin = require('awesome-typescript-loader').CheckerPlugin;
var nodeExternals = require('webpack-node-externals');
module.exports = (env) => {
// Configuration in common to both client-side and server-side bundles
const isDevBuild = !(env && env.prod);
const sharedConfig = {
externals: [nodeExternals()], // in order to ignore all modules in node_modules folder
stats: { modules: false },
context: __dirname,
resolve: { extensions: [ '.js', '.ts' ] },
output: {
filename: '[name].js',
publicPath: 'dist/' // Webpack dev middleware, if enabled, handles requests for this URL prefix
},
module: {
rules: [
{ test: /\.ts$/, use: isDevBuild ? ['awesome-typescript-loader?silent=true', 'angular2-template-loader', 'angular2-router-loader'] : '#ngtools/webpack' },
{ test: /\.html$/, use: 'html-loader?minimize=false' },
{ test: /\.css$/, use: [ 'to-string-loader', 'style-loader', isDevBuild ? 'css-loader' : 'css-loader?minimize' ] },
{ test: /\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|svg)$/, use: 'url-loader?limit=25000' }
]
},
plugins: [new CheckerPlugin()]
};
// Configuration for client-side bundle suitable for running in browsers
const clientBundleOutputDir = './wwwroot/dist';
const clientBundleConfig = merge(sharedConfig, {
entry: { 'main-client': './ClientApp/boot.browser.ts' },
output: { path: path.join(__dirname, clientBundleOutputDir) },
plugins: [
new webpack.DllReferencePlugin({
context: __dirname,
manifest: require('./wwwroot/dist/vendor-manifest.json')
})
].concat(isDevBuild ? [
// Plugins that apply in development builds only
new webpack.SourceMapDevToolPlugin({
filename: '[file].map', // Remove this line if you prefer inline source maps
moduleFilenameTemplate: path.relative(clientBundleOutputDir, '[resourcePath]') // Point sourcemap entries to the original file locations on disk
})
] : [
// Plugins that apply in production builds only
new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin(),
new AotPlugin({
tsConfigPath: './tsconfig.json',
entryModule: path.join(__dirname, 'ClientApp/app/app.browser.module#AppModule'),
exclude: ['./**/*.server.ts']
})
])
});
// Configuration for server-side (prerendering) bundle suitable for running in Node
const serverBundleConfig = merge(sharedConfig, {
resolve: { mainFields: ['main'] },
entry: { 'main-server': './ClientApp/boot.server.ts' },
plugins: [
new webpack.DllReferencePlugin({
context: __dirname,
manifest: require('./ClientApp/dist/vendor-manifest.json'),
sourceType: 'commonjs2',
name: './vendor'
})
].concat(isDevBuild ? [] : [
// Plugins that apply in production builds only
new AotPlugin({
tsConfigPath: './tsconfig.json',
entryModule: path.join(__dirname, 'ClientApp/app/app.server.module#AppModule'),
exclude: ['./**/*.browser.ts']
})
]),
output: {
libraryTarget: 'commonjs',
path: path.join(__dirname, './ClientApp/dist')
},
target: 'node',
devtool: 'inline-source-map'
});
return [clientBundleConfig, serverBundleConfig];
};
Searching on the internet, all of the troubleshooting suggests doing something on the systemjs.config file but mine is not an angular-cli app so I can't do it.
UPDATES SECTION
UPDATE #1
Looks like the problem is caused by webpack-node-externals executed in browser mode.
Got to find another way for that.
Got any troubleshooting or potential solution suggestion?
Thanks in advance!
UPDATE #2
I've made it, see my answer below

GOT IT!
The issue was caused by webpack-node-externals used on my common configuration.
See my question and my answer to my own question at the following: Webpack - Excluding node_modules with also keep a separated browser and server management for more details.
So, in a nutshell, the steps that I followed are these:
Installing requireJS ==> http://requirejs.org/docs/node.html
Removing externals: [nodeExternals()], // in order to ignore all modules in node_modules folder from my common webpack configuration and adding it under my server configuration (done before my question, but it's a really important step) [see webpack.config.js content in the question linked right above in this answer or in the snippet below]
Adding target: 'node', before my externals point above, under my server side section (done before my question, but it's a really important step) [see webpack.config.js content in the question linked right above in this answer or in the snippet below]
This makes sure that browser side keeps target:'web' (default target), and target becomes node just for the server.
launched webpack config vendor command manually from powershell webpack --config webpack.config.vendor.js
launched webpack config command manually from powershell webpack --config webpack.config.js
That worked for me! Hope It will works also for anyone else reading this question and encountering this issue!
webpack.config.js content:
const path = require('path');
const webpack = require('webpack');
const merge = require('webpack-merge');
const AotPlugin = require('#ngtools/webpack').AotPlugin;
const CheckerPlugin = require('awesome-typescript-loader').CheckerPlugin;
var nodeExternals = require('webpack-node-externals');
module.exports = (env) => {
// Configuration in common to both client-side and server-side bundles
const isDevBuild = !(env && env.prod);
const sharedConfig = {
//removed from here, moved below.
//externals: [nodeExternals()], // in order to ignore all modules in node_modules folder
stats: { modules: false },
context: __dirname,
resolve: { extensions: [ '.js', '.ts' ] },
output: {
filename: '[name].js',
publicPath: 'dist/' // Webpack dev middleware, if enabled, handles requests for this URL prefix
},
module: {
rules: [
{ test: /\.ts$/, use: isDevBuild ? ['awesome-typescript-loader?silent=true', 'angular2-template-loader', 'angular2-router-loader'] : '#ngtools/webpack' },
{ test: /\.html$/, use: 'html-loader?minimize=false' },
{ test: /\.css$/, use: [ 'to-string-loader', 'style-loader', isDevBuild ? 'css-loader' : 'css-loader?minimize' ] },
{ test: /\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|svg)$/, use: 'url-loader?limit=25000' }
]
},
plugins: [new CheckerPlugin()]
};
// Configuration for client-side bundle suitable for running in browsers
const clientBundleOutputDir = './wwwroot/dist';
const clientBundleConfig = merge(sharedConfig, {
entry: { 'main-client': './ClientApp/boot.browser.ts' },
output: { path: path.join(__dirname, clientBundleOutputDir) },
plugins: [
new webpack.DllReferencePlugin({
context: __dirname,
manifest: require('./wwwroot/dist/vendor-manifest.json')
})
].concat(isDevBuild ? [
// Plugins that apply in development builds only
new webpack.SourceMapDevToolPlugin({
filename: '[file].map', // Remove this line if you prefer inline source maps
moduleFilenameTemplate: path.relative(clientBundleOutputDir, '[resourcePath]') // Point sourcemap entries to the original file locations on disk
})
] : [
// Plugins that apply in production builds only
new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin(),
new AotPlugin({
tsConfigPath: './tsconfig.json',
entryModule: path.join(__dirname, 'ClientApp/app/app.browser.module#AppModule'),
exclude: ['./**/*.server.ts']
})
])
});
// Configuration for server-side (prerendering) bundle suitable for running in Node
const serverBundleConfig = merge(sharedConfig, {
resolve: { mainFields: ['main'] },
entry: { 'main-server': './ClientApp/boot.server.ts' },
plugins: [
new webpack.DllReferencePlugin({
context: __dirname,
manifest: require('./ClientApp/dist/vendor-manifest.json'),
sourceType: 'commonjs2',
name: './vendor'
})
].concat(isDevBuild ? [] : [
// Plugins that apply in production builds only
new AotPlugin({
tsConfigPath: './tsconfig.json',
entryModule: path.join(__dirname, 'ClientApp/app/app.server.module#AppModule'),
exclude: ['./**/*.browser.ts']
})
]),
output: {
libraryTarget: 'commonjs',
path: path.join(__dirname, './ClientApp/dist')
},
//added target and externals HERE, in order to prevent webpack to read node_modules
//this also prevents fake-positives parsing errors
target: 'node',
externals: [nodeExternals()], // in order to ignore all modules in node_modules folder,
devtool: 'inline-source-map'
});
return [clientBundleConfig, serverBundleConfig];
};

How to increase the execution speed of webpack?

Actually, I wrote webpack for my website which was using the reactjs. In that I have lot of images and scss files so, that it is taking more amount of time to create bundle.js file upto that the website was in loading state. So, how I can increase the execution speed.
webpack.config.js
const path = require("path");
const webpack = require("webpack");
const CopyWebpackPlugin = require("copy-webpack-plugin");
const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require("html-webpack-plugin");
const ExtractTextPlugin = require("extract-text-webpack-plugin");
let config = {
entry: ["babel-polyfill", "./app/js/index.js"],
output: {
path: path.resolve(__dirname, "public"),
filename: "./build.js",
//publicPath: "/"
},
resolve: {
alias: {
"js": path.resolve(__dirname, "app/js"),
"css": path.resolve(__dirname, "app/css")
},
extensions: [".js", ".jsx"]
},
module: {
rules: [
{test: /\.(js|jsx)$/, loader: "babel-loader"},
{
test: /\.(eot|svg|ttf|woff|woff2)$/,
loader: 'url-loader'
},
{test: /\.scss$/, loader: ExtractTextPlugin.extract(["css-loader", "sass-loader"])},
{test: /\.(jpg|gif|png)$/, loader: "file-loader", options: {name: "./images/[name].[ext]"}},
]
},
devServer: {
historyApiFallback: true
},
plugins: [
new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
template: "./app/index.html"
}),
new webpack.LoaderOptionsPlugin({
options: {
sassLoader: {
includePaths: ["app/css"]
}
}
}),
new ExtractTextPlugin({
filename: "style.css",
allChunks: true
})
]
};
if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
config.plugins.push(
new webpack.DefinePlugin({
"process.env": {
"NODE_ENV": JSON.stringify(process.env.NODE_ENV)
}
}),
new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin()
);
}
module.exports = config;

Besides tweaking your configuration, you could use webpack --watch to have webpack watch your source files and recompile whenever you change something. The first compilation will still be a full one, but after that only the necessary parts will be recompiled each time, which can cut down compilation time from 30 seconds to 1 or 2 seconds.
Even better is to set up webpack's devserver with hot reloading, which also watches and incrementally compiles, but in addition will update your app in the browser, so you won't need to reload the page and lose react state. It can be a bit finicky to set up, but it's well worth the trouble.

angular2 bundle node_modules only and not application code

Angular v.4 and webpack
i am looking for answer of very simple question.
How can i bundle node_module folder as vendor.js but not your application code. on page load seems like there are more then 300 requests from angular code to load internal files.
if i am able to merge all node_modules libraries i will save lot of browser requests.
I followed this example was able to get it run but it bundles libraries and your application code as well. i was able to successfully generate the vendor.js only but i am not sure after i add vendor.js in index.html how my application code will recognize #angular lib references. currently it is being resolved using systemjs.config.js some thing like this
#angular/code : 'npm:#angular/code/bundle/core.umd.js'
..
..
and exactly thats what happen as i thought application crashed it can't find references to #angular from my application code.
is it possible to just bundle node_module folder into vendor.js and still able to use in my application code without bundling app code ?
adding webpack config
webpack.config.js
module.exports = require('./config/webpack.prod.js');
webpack.common.js
var webpack = require('webpack');
var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
var ExtractTextPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
var helpers = require('./helpers');
module.exports = {
entry: {
'polyfills': './src/polyfills.ts',
'vendor': './src/vendor.ts',
'app': './src/main.ts'
},
resolve: {
extensions: ['.ts', '.js']
},
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.ts$/,
loaders: [
{
loader: 'awesome-typescript-loader',
options: { configFileName: helpers.root('src', 'tsconfig.json') }
} , 'angular2-template-loader'
]
},
{
test: /\.html$/,
loader: 'html-loader'
},
{
test: /\.(png|jpe?g|gif|svg|woff|woff2|ttf|eot|ico)$/,
loader: 'file-loader?name=assets/[name].[hash].[ext]'
},
{
test: /\.css$/,
exclude: helpers.root('src', 'app'),
loader: ExtractTextPlugin.extract({ fallbackLoader: 'style-loader', loader: 'css-loader?sourceMap' })
},
{
test: /\.css$/,
include: helpers.root('src', 'app'),
loader: 'raw-loader'
}
]
},
plugins: [
// Workaround for angular/angular#11580
new webpack.ContextReplacementPlugin(
// The (\\|\/) piece accounts for path separators in *nix and Windows
/angular(\\|\/)core(\\|\/)(esm(\\|\/)src|src)(\\|\/)linker/,
helpers.root('./src'), // location of your src
{} // a map of your routes
),
new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
name: ['app', 'vendor', 'polyfills']
}),
new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
template: 'src/index.html'
})
]
};
webpack.prod.js
var webpack = require('webpack');
var webpackMerge = require('webpack-merge');
var ExtractTextPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
var commonConfig = require('./webpack.common.js');
var helpers = require('./helpers');
const ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV = process.env.ENV = 'production';
module.exports = webpackMerge(commonConfig, {
devtool: 'source-map',
output: {
path: helpers.root('dist'),
publicPath: '/',
filename: '[name].[hash].js',
chunkFilename: '[id].[hash].chunk.js'
},
plugins: [
new webpack.NoEmitOnErrorsPlugin(),
new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({ // https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/10618
mangle: {
keep_fnames: true
}
}),
new ExtractTextPlugin('[name].[hash].css'),
new webpack.DefinePlugin({
'process.env': {
'ENV': JSON.stringify(ENV)
}
}),
new webpack.LoaderOptionsPlugin({
htmlLoader: {
minimize: false // workaround for ng2
}
})
]
});

How to version CSS file in Webpack and update manifest?

I have a webpack config that has multiple JS entry points. In one of those entry points, I am requiring my styles: require('../sass/app.scss'); and then using a loader to extract the styles into another file app.css.
test: /\.scss$/,
loader: ExtractTextPlugin.extract({
fallback: 'style-loader',
use: 'css-loader!postcss-loader!sass-loader',
})
And that is working great. Of course, we are having issues with old styles being served when we deploy because they are not being versioned like our JS. I have been searching around for a few hours on how to do this and I cannot find a source on how to not only version the CSS, but also get a manifest file for the CSS. I tried creating a new instance of the versioning plugin that I am using, but it only created a manifest for the JS files. I am assuming that since I only have an output for JS that is the reason for this. Anyhow, here is my webpack.config.js:
const webpack = require('webpack');
const autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer');
const BrowserSyncPlugin = require('browser-sync-webpack-plugin');
const CommonsPlugin = require('webpack/lib/optimize/CommonsChunkPlugin');
const ExtractTextPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
const path = require('path');
const VersioningPlugin = require('versioning-webpack-plugin');
const WebpackMd5Hash = require('webpack-md5-hash');
const routes = require('./resources/assets/js/routes');
module.exports = {
entry: routes,
devtool: 'eval-source-map',
output: {
path: path.join(__dirname, 'public/js'),
filename: '[name].[chunkhash:6].js'
},
module: {
loaders: [
{
test: /\.js$/,
loader: 'babel-loader?presets[]=env',
exclude: path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules/')
},
{
test: /\.scss$/,
loader: ExtractTextPlugin.extract({
fallback: 'style-loader',
use: 'css-loader!postcss-loader!sass-loader',
})
}
],
},
plugins: [
new CommonsPlugin({
minChunks: 3,
name: 'common'
}),
new BrowserSyncPlugin({
host: 'localhost',
port: 3000,
proxy: 'napaautocarepro.dev',
files: [
'public/css/app.css',
{
match: ['public/js/*.js', 'app/**/**/*.php', 'resources/views/**/**/*.php'],
fn: function(event, file) {
this.reload();
}
}
]
}, {
injectChanges: true,
reload: false
}),
new ExtractTextPlugin('../css/app.css'),
new VersioningPlugin({
cleanup: true,
basePath: 'js/',
manifestPath: path.join(__dirname, 'public/manifest.json')
}),
new WebpackMd5Hash()
]
};
And here is my weback.prod.config.js:
const config = require('./webpack.config');
const path = require('path');
const webpack = require('webpack');
const CleanWebpackPlugin = require('clean-webpack-plugin');
const OptimizeCssAssetsPlugin = require('optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin');
config.plugins.unshift(
new CleanWebpackPlugin(['js', 'css'], {
root: path.join(__dirname, 'public'),
verbose: true,
dry: false,
}),
new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({
compress: {
warnings: false
},
comments: false,
sourceMap: true
}),
new OptimizeCssAssetsPlugin({
assetNameRegExp: /\.css$/g,
cssProcessor: require('cssnano'),
canPrint: true,
cssProcessorOptions: { discardComments: { removeAll: true } }
})
);
module.exports = config;
How in the world can I version my CSS file and get it into a manifest so I can autoload the correct version?

Add [chunkhash] to the name of the file, something like:
plugins: [
//...
new ExtractTextPlugin('../css/app.[chunkhash].css'),
//...
]
(from https://github.com/webpack-contrib/extract-text-webpack-plugin#options )